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Anesthesia – Top 5 Questions Asked By Patients

Salem Anesthesia

Demystifying Anesthesia: Answering the Top 5 Questions Anesthesia, the invisible hero of modern medicine, plays a crucial role in surgeries and medical procedures, ensuring patients are comfortable, pain-free, and safe. Anesthesia is a medical intervention used to induce a reversible loss of sensation or consciousness.

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INTRAVENOUS CAFFEINE FOLLOWING GENERAL ANESTHESIA

The Anesthesia Consultant

Data exists that intravenous caffeine may be effective in assisting the awakening of patients following general anesthesia. Will a shot of IV espresso be the stimulus for you to return to consciousness after your general anesthetic? I tried it on several of my patients who had prolonged awakening after general anesthesia.

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DENTAL ANESTHESIA DEATHS. GENERAL ANESTHESIA FOR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS IN DENTAL OFFICES

The Anesthesia Consultant

GENERAL ANESTHESIA FOR DENTAL OFFICES CASE PRESENTATION: A 5-year-old developmentally delayed autistic boy has multiple dental cavities. The dentist consults you, a physician anesthesiologist, to do sedation or anesthesia for dental restoration. He or she may inject local anesthesia as needed to block pain.

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EXTUBATION IS RISKY BUSINESS. WHY THE CONCLUSION OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA CAN BE A CRITICAL EVENT

The Anesthesia Consultant

The most invasive type of airway tube used in anesthesia is called an endotracheal tube, or ET tube. At the onset of general anesthesia anesthesiologists place an ET tube through the mouth, past the larynx (voice box), and into the trachea (windpipe). The procedure lasted only 15 minutes. Extubation is risky business.

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SMART GLASSES IN THE OPERATING ROOM

The Anesthesia Consultant

Placing a catheter into the tiny radial artery in a child’s wrist is one of the most difficult procedures in our specialty. Wearing smart glasses improved the anesthesiologist’s first-attempt success rate, and reduced the procedure time and complication rates. The average internal diameter of the radial artery is 1.2 ± 0.3

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BRAIN TRANSPLANTATION?

The Anesthesia Consultant

ANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR BRAIN TRANSPLANTATION: There are no published data to refer to regarding anesthesia for brain transplantation. The primary anesthetic issues for brain transplantation would be: How to keep brain cells alive during the transplant procedure? Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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CODE BLUE – WHEN AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST PREMATURELY DEPARTS A FREESTANDING SURGERY CENTER

The Anesthesia Consultant

Let’s look at a case study which highlights a specific risk of general anesthesia at a freestanding surgery center or a surgeon’s office operating room, when the anesthesiologist departs soon after the case is finished. I’ve personally performed over 7,000 general anesthetics in freestanding surgery centers and office operating rooms.